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035 _a(Sirsi) u113042
100 _aLegg, W.
245 _aFarming systems for sustainable agriculture
260 _c2001
490 _aObserver
_v226(1227)Summer 2001, 21-24(4)
520 _aIdentifies the three principle aims of sustainable agriculture as economic efficiency, environmental quality and social responsibility and argues that a wholesale switch to organic farming could conflict with these. Suggests that many farming systems can be sustainable, although this is dependent on the use of appropriate management techniques and practices, and calls for government to provide a framework that would allow farmers to adopt such systems.
650 _aAGRICULTURE
650 _aFARMING PRACTICES
650 _aORGANIC FARMING
650 _aSUSTAINABLE FARMING
650 _aSUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
690 _aRURAL-AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
700 _aViatte, G.
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